300
FNUS74 KMOB 171024
FWSMOB
SPOT FORECAST FOR SMOKE SHOW FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
524 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 CDT ON APRIL 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
...HIGH DISPERSION INDEX AROUND 88 EXPECTED TODAY OVER THE BURN
AREA...
DISCUSSION
FOR TODAY, THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS NEAR 40%,
20 FT WIND GUSTS WILL BE UP TO NEAR 20 MPH, TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE
MOSTLY SOUTHERLY, AND DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE GOOD. FOR SATURDAY,
THE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS NEAR 45%, 20 FT WIND GUSTS WILL BE
UP TO NEAR 20 MPH, TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY SOUTHWESTERLY, AND
DISPERSION VALUES WILL BE GENERALLY GOOD.
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG, SOME OF
WHICH COULD BE DENSE, MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH LATE IN
THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...1951 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 13 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 1 TO 6 METERS/SECOND.
DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 88.
LVORI...............9 BECOMING 1.
STABILITY CLASS.....2.
TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM
SKY (%).........28 3 19 21 26 10
WEATHER COV.....AREAS
WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............63 70 81 85 86 86
RH..............100 84 56 45 40 40
20 FT WIND DIR..SSE SW S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 6 8 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.3 6 12 15 16 17
MIX HGT (FT)....400 1800 4500 6300 6400 6300
MIX HGT (M).....120 550 1370 1920 1950 1920
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SSE S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 9 12 10 13
TRANS WIND DIR..SW SW SSE S S S
TRANS SPD (M/S).1 2 4 5 4 6
DISPERSION IDX..4 11 51 74 74 88
LVORI...........9 5 1 1 1 1
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG
OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...122 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 16 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTH 4 TO 7 METERS/SECOND.
DISPERSION INDEX....88 DECREASING TO 4.
LVORI...............1 BECOMING 9.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM
SKY (%).........8 7 9 19 52 60
WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............83 72 67 65 63 63
RH..............46 66 81 93 100 97
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..10 7 5 3 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.16 15 13 10 9 8
MIX HGT (FT)....6300 500 500 400 500 500
MIX HGT (M).....1920 150 150 120 150 150
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S SSW
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 13 10 12 12 10
TRANS WIND DIR..S S S S S SSW
TRANS SPD (M/S).7 6 4 5 5 4
DISPERSION IDX..88 6 5 5 5 4
LVORI...........1 3 4 6 9 9
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY
IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6100 FT AGL.
MIXING HEIGHT (M)...1859 METERS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 10 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS M/S.SOUTHWEST AROUND 4 METERS/SECOND.
DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 44.
LVORI...............9 BECOMING 1.
STABILITY CLASS.....2.
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM
SKY (%).........73 69 61 59 62 70
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............61 65 75 82 85 86
RH..............100 93 69 51 45 45
20 FT WIND DIR..S SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 6 7 9 9
20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 12 14 15 16
MIX HGT (FT)....500 1400 3300 4800 5900 5800
MIX HGT (M).....150 430 1010 1460 1800 1770
TRANSP WIND DIR.SSW SSW SW WSW WSW WSW
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 9 9 9 10
TRANS WIND DIR..SSW SSW SW WSW WSW WSW
TRANS SPD (M/S).4 4 4 4 4 4
DISPERSION IDX..4 15 35 43 42 44
LVORI...........9 5 3 1 1 1
FORECASTER...22
REQUESTED BY...CLIFF WILLIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2610141.5/MOB
.DELDT 04/17/26
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